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This is the forecourt at the north front of Wilton House.The house was built for the first Earl of Pembroke when he was granted the old nunnery estate after its dissolution in 1544.

Until 1878 all but three of the bridges over the Thames were owned by private companies who levelled tolls on foot passengers.

Note the large pair of spectacles above the optician's shop. Victorian retailers were fond of using such devices, which were usually painted gold, to advertise their premises.

For many years Sherborne was the capital of the Saxon kingdom of Wessex. As a cathedral town at that time its bishops were expected to be warriors as well as theologians.

The development included the construction of Shopping City, which at the time was one of the largest retail centres in the country.

In the background is the Old England Hotel, one of many which sprang up in this little town as tourism took hold in the Lake District at the turn of the 19th century.

Devizes is perched on the top of a hill overlooking the Avon valley. From there, the Kennet & Avon Canal plunges down 29 locks to the valley below.

A pair of empty working narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal near Harefield.

The West Cliff was one of the hotels in the Westcliff area and was always a popular venue for wedding receptions.

The roundels to the left of these 13th-century steps contain some of the oldest medieval glass in the cathedral.

unique woodland resource - the city is the best-wooded city in the country with about 80 ancient woods within its boundaries - also received an important shot in the arm in 1999 when the success of a

Portsmouth Football Club The club was established on 5 April 1898, when six local businessmen bought five acres of land close to Goldsmith Avenue for £4,950 and formed Portsmouth Football Club.

Beside Liptons, the Pearl Assurance sign hides that of the Kings Head. Beyond, Lloyds Bank (established 1835) remains, with the 15th-century Star Hotel visible behind.

Two of these buildings have now disappeared, as has the statue in the foreground.

St Nicholas's church stands on its own island surrounded by streets.

'. . . come you home of Monday When Ludlow market hums . . .' Once this area was the entrance to Ludlow's market, with traders paying tolls at the nearby Tolsey (or toll booth).

In July 1613 'a fisher of Newark and a ffowler of ffarndon' were indicted for obstructing the Devon, probably with illegal nets. On the right is Jobson's Boathouse.

Victorian modesty is evident, with ankle-length dresses being worn at the height of summer.

Although there is no evidence of large waves, the boiling surf stretching quite a way out to sea gives an indication of the tempests that can reign here, as they did when the Pier was swept away in

The Promenade c1955 The coastline on either side of Sandown was heavily fortified in earlier times, for fear of a French invasion was never far from English minds over several centu- ries.

The medieval settlement of Crawley, situated half way along the London to Brighton Road, was ideally located to become an 18th-century coaching town.

The town was a regular target for bombing raids during the Second World War because of its close proximity to the Woolwich Arsenal.

In pagan times the number seven was of special superstitious importance, and examples of Seven Springs are found at other places in the Cotswolds.

Most of the cleverly clipped yew trees in the churchyard were saplings in 1800. According to local legend, they number 99.